Independent Achievement Award
“UnfAIthful”
Dir: Floyd Roald Actress: Rane Rose (USA)

Best Student Film

“Elephant in the Room”
Dir: Xavier Frank Gonzalez (USA)

Best Cinematography

“Earthquake” Underwater
Dir of Photography: Brett Stanley (USA)

Best Screenplay

“Whispers”
Writer: Ming Fen Congdon (USA)

Best Director Short Film

“La Paura Di Vincere”
Dir: Roberta Pazi (Italy)

Best Director Feature Film

“Haligi”
Dir: Nestor Malgapo Jr (Philippines)

Best Actor Short Film

“Dolldays”
Actor: Patrick Hilmar Ingvaldsen (Norway)

Best Actor Feature Film

“Haligi”
Actor: Christopher Roxas (Philippines)

Best Actress Short Film

“Whispers”
Actress: Kate Surinskaya (USA)

Best Actress Feature Film

“L’ Algoritmo Della Felicita”
Actress: Alessandra De Rosario (Italy)

Best Ensemble in Acting Short Film

Cast of “Convenient Circumstance” (USA)

Best Ensemble in Acting Feature Film

Cast of “Haligi” (Philippines)

Grand Price Best of the Best Short Film

“Dolldays”
Dir: Morten Hansen

Prod: Maria Erdal Rotvoll (Norway)

Best Documentary

“The Eukranian”
Dir: Viktor Nordenskiöld (Belgium, France, Sweden and Ukraine)

Best Feature Film

“Haligi”
Prod: CEBSI Films (Philippines)

Best Female Filmmaker

In celebration of the theme of the Festival

Fierce Women Filmmaker

Jessica Magsombol “Convenient Circumstance” (USA)

Professional Category

Silver Achievement Award Music Video

“Earthquake”
Artist: Magnus Riise

Dir: Monika Felice Smith (USA)

Professional Category

Silver Achievement Award Music Video

“We Are The Descendants”
Dir: Steven Chesne and Nayip Ramos (USA)

Junior Achievement Award

Dance, Movement and Performance

Miss Universe Norway Leonora Lysglimt-Rødland

(Norway)

Lifetime Achievement Award -

Visual Arts - Painting

Romeo “Ronald” Ratio Cortez Jr (USA)

Lifetime Achievement Award -

Screenwriting

Pedro Lopes (Portugal)

Lifetime Achievement Award -

Film Distribution Manymore Films

Ole Georg Østevik (Norway)